M’bark Baddouh, Ph.D. (US Citizen)
Lecturer
University of Wisconsin-Platteville
College of Engineering, Mathematics, and Science
UW-Platteville at Baraboo Sauk County
1006 Connie Rd, Baraboo, WI 53913
Phone: 608-957-9973
Email: baddouhm@uwplatt.edu
Research Interests
Sedimentology and stratigraphy, especially carbonate and siliciclastic petrology, mineralogy and diagenesis, sedimentary geochemistry, isotope geochemistry, paleoclimatology, geochronology, basin analysis and field geology.
Education
2016 Doctor of Philosophy (Geoscience), University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Geoscience. Dissertation: Application of Strontium Isotopes in Paleoclimatology,Paleohydrology and Chemostratigraphy: The Eocene Green River Formation, Wyoming. Advisors: Professors Alan R. Carroll and Stephen R. Meyers.
2008 Master of Science (Geoscience), University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Geoscience. Thesis: Sequence Stratigraphy of the Cambrian St. Lawrence Formation, Wisconsin. Advisor: Professor Charles W. Byers.
2000 Bachelor of Science (Geology), University of Ibn Zohr, Agadir, Morocco.
Recent Employment
2019- Lecturer, University of Wisconsin-Platteville, College of Engineering, Mathematics, and Science.
2017- Affiliate Faculty and Term Assistant Professor, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Earth Sciences, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA USA.
2017- Field Camp Coordinator and Instructor (Summer only), Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD USA.
2019-2020 Associate Lecturer, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Geoscience.
2016-2017 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Earth Sciences, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA USA.
2009-2016 Teaching Assistant and Research Assistant/Dissertation Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Geoscience.
2002-2008 Associate Scientist, Pharmaceutical Product Development, Middleton, WI.
Grants and Awards
2017 Nominated for “The Career Connection Faculty Award” at George Mason University
2017 Albert & Alice Weeks Outstanding Student Research Paper Award, UW-Madison.
2006 George J. Verville Award in Geology and Geophysics, UW-Madison
Languages
Fluent in reading and writing in 4 languages: Berber (native speaker), Arabic (K-12), French (undergraduate), and English (graduate school).
Teaching Experiences
Courses taught at University of Wisconsin-Platteville:
· Environmental Geology (Spring 2019, Fall 2020).
· Physical Geology (Fall 2020).
· Historical Geology (Spring 2020).
· Geomorphology (Spring 2020).
Courses taught at George Mason University:
· Sedimentary Geology (Fall 2017, 2018).
· Marine Geology (Fall 2018).
· Environmental Geology (Spring 2017).
· Introductory Geology I (Spring 2017, 2018).
· Introductory Geology II (Fall 2017, Summer 2018 and Spring 2018).
· Geology Seminar Series (Spring 2018).
Courses taught at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology:
· Bullhead City Field Camp, Arizona (Winter 2020 and 2021)
· Geology /Alpine Tectonics Field Camp, French Alps (Summer 2019)
· Atlas Mountains Field Camp, Tafraoute, Morocco (Summer 2018; 2019).
· Black Hills Natural Sciences Field Station Field Camp (Summer 2017).
Courses taught at the University of Wisconsin Madison:
· Introductory Geology (Fall 2019)
· Survey of Oceanography (Spring 2019, TA Spring 2015).
· TA Environmental Geology (Fall 2014).
· TA Evolution and Extinction (Spring 2013 and Fall 2014, 2015).
· TA Geologic Evolution of Earth (Spring 2011).
· TA Introduction to Geologic Structures (Spring 2010).
George Mason University Committee Service
2018 Ph.D. Committee Member: Cynthia A. Kearns (Ph.D. candidate, Department of Environmental Science and Policy: “The Mineralogy and Mineral Chemistry of the Henryton Pegmatite, Patapsco State Park, Carroll County, Maryland”).
2018 Undergraduate Advisor: Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Earth Sciences.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Committee Service
2012 Vice President of Geoscience Graduate Student Association.
2013 Field trip coordinator and leader for UW-Madison Geoscience recruiting event.
Research Experiences
Postdoctoral Research:
· Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 at Demerara Rise, Atlantic Ocean: Micron-scale sediment geochemical data collection from finely laminated black shales in Ocean Drilling Program Leg 207 drill cores for paleoceanographic reconstruction.
PhD Research:
· Eocene Green River Formation, Wyoming: Developed a novel high-resolution Sr isotope chemostratigraphy of lacustrine deposits to evaluate lake level fluctuation history, to investigate Milankovitch astronomical forcing of lake Gosiute and as a new approach for high-resolution correlation.
MS Research:
· Cambrian St. Lawrence Formation: Outcrop sequence stratigraphy interpretation.
Laboratory Experiences
2016 Used X-ray fluorescence (XRF) in MARUM Lab in Bremen University, Germany. Prepared core samples to scan the entire core for 8 elements with 200-micron measurements and photo scanning the core.
2011-2013 Preparing core samples, aliquoting, pipetting and extraction of strontium (Sr) and rubidium (Rb) isotopes by ion exchange chromatography and isotope dilution analytical method in Inductively Coupled Plasma and Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry Laboratory (ICP-TIMS) in the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
2010-2014 Experience with rock crushing, gold table, heavy liquid separation of zircons and sanidine grains for U/Pb and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology ages. Experience with petrographic microscope, sandstone point counting, Second Electron Microscope (SEM), X-ray-diffraction (XRD).
2002-2008 Experience in sample management, sample preparation, preparation of quality controls and calibration curve samples, aliquating, extracting and analyzing biological fluids for drug development. Used High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) and Liquid Chromatography Mass spectrometer (LM/MS). Meticulous in generation data quality and following step by step methods instructions with precision.
Computing Experiences
· Experienced with Illustrator, Photoshop, GeoFrameIESX, MDI Data Scan 4, MDI Jade 9
· Working knowledge of Melts, Isoplot3, Endnote, RefWorks, Matlab, R, KaleidaGraph, and Igor.
Workplace Skills
· Excel at working in team environments.
· Meticulous laboratory skills.
· Ability to manage multiple priorities.
· Extensive experience working in multicultural settings.
· Created and/or maintained websites using Google Sites and WordPress for personal and professional use.
Other Significant Experiences
· ExxonMobil Short Course: Basin and Play Analysis in the 2015 Rocky Mountain Rendezvous: Sequence stratigraphy and basin assessment for oil and gas exploration.
· GSA Geochronology Short Course, Vancouver, Canada: participated in multiple lectures about different geochronology techniques.
· IsoAstro Workshop, University of Wisconsin-Madison: High-precision chronostratigraphy analysis using 40Ar/39Ar and U/Pb and astrochronology, August 2014.
· AAPG Convention Short Course: Forensic Geochemistry and Source Attribution: fundamentals of forensic isotopic analysis.
· BP Short Course: Sequence Stratigraphy for Graduate Students: principles, concepts and methods of sequence stratigraphy.
· Geofuels LLC, Madison, Wisconsin: Coordinated logistics for AAPG field seminar, “Lacustrine Basin Exploration”.
· Summer Research Intern, University of Wisconsin-Madison: Source-to-sink provenance study of Cretaceous-Tertiary sandstones of Rocky Mountains Region.
Invited Speaker
2020 Northwest Missouri State University, Department of Natural Sciences
2016 George Mason University, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Earth Sciences
2015 Kansas State University, Department of Geology
Student Mentoring and Training, and Other Professional Service
Undergraduate/Graduate Student Mentoring
· Michael Hudgins, Undergraduate student at George Mason University now a PhD student at University of Alberta, Canada.
· Sean Karoly, Earth System Science Master’s student at George Mason University: Literature search, project management, preparation for conference oral presentation, Cretaceous OAE2 geological background.
· Wei Liu, visiting PhD student from China University of Geosciences (Beijing): American education system, preparation for conference oral presentation, feedback about research data and hypothesis testing.
· Randy Williams, PhD student UW-Madison: Sr isotope sample preparation, aliquoting, ion exchange chromatography and Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry in the UW-Madison Radiogenic Isotope Lab.
· Chao Ma, PhD student UW-Madison: Graduate mentor, guiding student in development of research prospectus and exam preparation.
· Elliot Jagniecki, PhD student at Binghamton University, NY, now a geologist at ConocoPhillips: Sr isotope sample preparation, aliquoting, ion exchange chromatography and Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Radiogenic Isotope Laboratory.
· Yihang Fang, UW-Madison geoscience undergraduate student: field assistant, measurement of stratigraphic sections, and collection of carbonate samples in the Green River Formation, WY.
· Thiruchelvi Reddy, UW-Madison geoscience undergraduate student: preparation of thin sections for sandstone and carbonate petrographic analysis, Green River Formation.
Publications
Jagniecki, E.A., Lowenstein, T.K., Demicco, R.V., Baddouh, M., Carroll, A.R., Beard, B.L. and Johnson, C.M. (2021), Spring origin of Eocene carbonate mounds in the Green River Formation, Northern Bridger Basin, Wyoming, USA. Sedimentology. https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12852
Baddouh, M., Carroll, A.R., Jagniecki, E.A., Beard, B.L., Lowenstein, T.K., Johnson, C.M., Groundwater mixing in an alkaline paleolake: Eocene Green River Formation, Wyoming, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Volume 561, 2021, 110038, ISSN 0031-0182, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.110038
Liu, W., Wu, H., Hinnov, L.A., Baddouh, M., Wang, P., Gao, Y., Zhang, S., Yang, T., Li, H., and Wang, C. (2020), An 11 million-year-long record of astronomically forced fluvial-alluvial deposition and paleoclimate change in the Early Cretaceous Songliao synrift basin, China, Special Issue: Cyclostratigraphy and Astrochronology: Case Studies from China, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 541, 109555, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.109555
Baddouh, M., Carroll, A.R., Meyers, S.R., Beard, B.L., and Johnson, C. M., 2017, Chronostratigraphic Correlation of Lacustrine Deposits Using 87Sr/86Sr Ratios, Eocene GreenRiver Formation, WY. Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 87(4), p. 406-423. Highlighted on journal cover. https://doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2017.27
Baddouh, M., Meyers, S.R., Carroll, A.R., Beard, B.L., and Johnson, C.M., 2016, Lacustrine 87Sr/86Sr as a tracer to reconstruct Milankovitch forcing of the Eocene hydrologic cycle:Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 448, p. 62-68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2016.05.007
Near submission
Baddouh, M., Hinnov, L.A., Chemical Composition Variations and Biogeochemical Cycling in Organic-Rich Marine Black Shales at the Inception of Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event2, Cenomanian-Turonian transition, Demerara Rise, Equatorial Atlantic Ocean. To be submitted to Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.
In progress
Baddouh, M., Hinnov, L.A., Fischer, A.G., Grippo, A., Astronomical Controls on Paleohydrology of the Eocene Lacustrine Green River Formation, Bridger Basin, Wyoming. To be submitted to Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.
Baddouh, M. and Byers, C.W., Sequence Stratigraphy of the Cambrian St. Lawrence Formation in Southwestern Wisconsin. To be submitted to Sedimentary Geology.
Doebbert, C. Amalia, Lamaskin, A. Todd, Carroll, R. Alan, Baddouh, M., Williams, E., A New Confidence Envelope Method for Evaluating Detrital Zircon Age Distributions: TestingSediment Sources for the Eocene Wilcox Sandstone. To Be submitted to Journal of Sedimentary Research.
Karoly, S., Hinnov, L.A., and Baddouh, M., Global Milankovitch cycle framework for Cretaceous OAE2 based on ODP Leg 207 Site 1260. To be submitted to Cretaceous Research.
Hinnov, L.A., Gnanadesikan, A., and Baddouh, M., Modeling the Cretaceous Ocean Anoxic Event 2 paleoclimate system. To be submitted to Earth-Science Reviews.
Meeting Abstracts and Presentations
Oral Presentations
Hinnov, L.A., Fischer, A.G., Grippo, A., Teerman C. S., and Baddouh, M., Eocene cyclostratigraphy and astrochronology: the Green River Formation (Bridger Basin, Wyoming). GSA Annual Conference, Phoenix AZ, USA, September 2019.
Gavillot Y. G, Beraaouz E., and Baddouh M., The Tafraoute region in the western Anti-Atlas (Morocco) as a geopark concept for sustainable development and geotourism. GSA Annual Conference, Phoenix AZ, USA, September 2019.
Baddouh, M., Karoly S. E., and Hinnov, L.A., Marine Black Shale at Demerara Rise, Equatorial Atlantic Ocean, at the Inception of Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 2: A Record ofDisturbance in Terrestrial Sediment Influx, Marine Productivity, Nutrient Cycling, Oceanic Anoxia and Circulation, Oral presentation at GSA Annual Conference, Seattle, USA, October 2017.
Baddouh, M., and Hinnov, L.A., Chemical Composition of Laminated Marine Sediments during Oceanic Anoxic Event 2, Demerara Rise, Equatorial Atlantic Ocean, Oral presentation at GSA Northeastern and North-Central Section Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, March 2017.
Baddouh, M., and Byers, C.W., Sequence Stratigraphy Interpretation of Lower and Upper Boundaries of the Cambrian St. Lawrence Formation in Southwestern Wisconsin. Oralpresentation at GSA North-Central Section Meeting, Madison, WI, March 2015.
Baddouh, M., Meyers, S.R., Carroll, A.R., Beard, B.L., and Clark M. Johnson, C.M., Astronomically-forced Lake Expansion and Contraction Cycles: Sr Isotopic Evidence from theEocene Green River Formation, Western USA. Oral presentation at 2014 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 2014.
Baddouh, M., Beard, B.L., Carroll, A.R., and Johnson, C.M., High Resolution Sr–Isotope Chemostratigraphy of Eocene Lake Deposits, Green River Formation, Wyoming. GSA Annual Conference, Vancouver, Canada, October 2014.
Baddouh, M., Beard, B.L., Carroll, A.R., and Johnson, C.M., High Resolution Sr–Isotope Chemostratigraphy of Eocene Lake Deposits, Green River Formation, Wyoming. 2014University of Wisconsin, Geoscience Department Graduate Symposium, April 2014.
Baddouh, M., and Winsor, K., 2011, An Introduction to Geology: What do geoscientists do? PEOPLE Program seminar, teaching the role of geoscience in society to middle and highschool students, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, July 2011.
Poster presentations
Hudgins M., Baddouh M., and Sharaf E., Stable isotope analysis of the Bighorn Basin dolomites and interpretation of dolomitization. GSA Annual Conference, Phoenix AZ, USA, September 2019.
Baddouh M., Gavillot Y. G., Beraaouz E., and Anders H. M., Re-Interpretation of Neoproterozoic Sediments of the Moroccan Anti-Atlas Mountains: Implication for the Snowball Earth Model. AGU Annual Conference, Washington DC, USA, December 2018.
Baddouh M., Gavillot Y. G., Beraaouz E., and Anders H. M., Anti-Atlas Field Camp, Tafraoute Morocco. AGU Annual Conference, Washington DC, USA, December 2018.
Baddouh, M., Carroll, A.R., Beard, B.L., and Johnson, C.M., Lake-Margin carbonate δ18O, δ13C, and 87Sr/86Sr, Northern Bridger Basin Eocene Green River Formation, Wyoming. GSA Annual Conference, Denver, CO, September 2016.
Baddouh, M., Hinnov, L.A., Fischer, A.G., and Grippo, A., Astronomical Controls on Paleohydrology of the Eocene Lacustrine Green River Formation, Bridger Basin, Wyoming. GSAAnnual Conference, Denver, CO, September 2016.
Baddouh, M., Beard, B.L., Carroll, A.R., and Johnson, C.M., Geochemistry of Lacustrine Microbialite of the Eocene Green River Formation, 2013 AAPG-RMS meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, September 2013.
Baddouh, M., Beard, B.L., Carroll, A.R., and Johnson, C.M., Geochemistry of Lacustrine Microbialite of the Eocene Green River Formation, University of Wisconsin, Geoscience Department Graduate Symposium, April 2013.
Baddouh, M., and Carroll, A.R., Provenance of Paleogene and upper Cretaceous sandstone, U-Pb dating of detrital zircons, University of Wisconsin Source to Sink Symposium, April 2012.
Professional Memberships
· American Association of Petroleum Geologists
· Geological Society of America
· American Geophysical Union
Social Interests
· Playing pick-up basketball/volleyball games with George Mason University faculty members.
· Played competitive volleyball in high school and for college teams in Morocco.
· Officiated volleyball leagues and tournaments in Madison, WI.
· Coached extramural high school volleyball team in Madison, WI (Madison East High School).